2013 Event The brightest lunar meteor impact ever observed is recorded by NASA 2010 Event The brightest object in the night sky next to the Moon is the planet Jupiter, as it makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963 1975 Event Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky 1918 Event Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered 1054 Event Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported 1054 Event Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days)
